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IVIACHINERY FOR FORMING HAT-BODIES.

Speeication ot Letters Patent No.

To (di whom 'it may concern.'

llc it known [hat i. hln'l'il llm'nnx. oi

lhu'arh. in the county ol Essex'. and Fltalr oi" Yew .lcrfawp have invented a new and iml'ul improvement in Machinery 'l'or Forniiugg' liailoilica: and l lo herchy declare [hat the i'ollou'irn;Y iw' a toil. clear. and exact lesvriplii n ol' [he anun rclirrcncrheilig' hail to the annexed drawingfj umliinggj a part of lhio prciliiatioln in whichr Figure l. a longitudinal vertical sco tion ol my inrculion taken in the line w. w, lfip. 2. VFig'. 2. a plan or lop vier-f ol ditto. Fig. Il. a detached Slide Sectional ricw of one ol' thc tuhca and joint comici-lions,

Fiiniilar icllczu ol' reference indicate coi'- ref-'ponilingl part in thc two iojuree.

fihi4 inrcntion relate to a novel nicam cinphrwd for conveying! the Alur troni the pirher lo the conc on which the hat hotly ia lorincd as hereinafter fully shown and :lescrihrd. wherchy an exceedingly simple and ciliricnt machine ol'rl'aincil and one rapahle of forming;` the holly of varying thirlinesa a5 may he rlceired.

The inrcntion conaists in haring' etcain` pipes provided with :nl inatahle uheS and placed in auch relation with the picker and (aine, that the Steam will cmiyey the lur 'troni the picker to the cone and deposit the for on the Sonic in a proper state favorallle to the expeditioue` and proi'ier 'forming of the hat hotly.

To enable those Skilled in the art to Yfully understand and construit iuy invention l will proceed to dcecrihe il'.

A., represente` a` frame on the upper part oi." which a picker ln ia placed and also an endless apron C. The picker has its upper surface Covered hy a cap (i. and a roller Z2, is placed directly over and in the saine plane with the inner roller of the apron C.

D, a vertical shaft or arbor placed in one end ol' the frame A. and having an annular horizontal plate c, on its upper end. Un the plate c. the perforated cone E. is placed` and a suction pipe F, is placed below the plate f'. and cone E.

The there partel are constructed in the uaual way and theri-itore do not require a more n'iinnte description.

Within the frame A. and at each Side, a pipe (l. is placed. These pipes communicate at their lower ends with a steam boiler, and their upper parts pass upward, one at each side of the picker, and in line with its `with horizontal projections c.

22,698, dated January 25, 1859.

ront |aide. [he pipes (l. extending' upward ae high ae the cone VIC.y an hown rlcai'ly in Fio' Vl.

(a. To cach pipe ahoi'r the 'i'ainc a ,Meriem4 ot horizontal tuhcfs' ff. are attached. one ahori' llu other and extendingl to the topa o'l the pipcS. These luhcs' fl. :irc not rigidly attached to lh-r pipca (l. hul are connected to lhcni hy jointe. o that thc tulle# may he adjusted lo a certain deg-grec in any direction.

By referring' to Fia'. I. thc niannrr of attaching the tllhc1 to the pipesA will hc clearly accu. The pipw` (i. are provided which hay@ .www ihi'raelH out on them and on which capa j. are nerurcd. one rap on cach proicction. The inner end ot' each luhc d, tri'- nlinates in a sphere or hall y. and thcac spheres or halls are fitted in corrcaponding; carilieu /i. `within the cape and |u'ojecti ur iy onafi'en'iir;v the raps j". thc sphere@` y, inry he turned in their michele and thc (ninna nl adjusted as dc ire l and the tubes niay he :'Jcurce'l in any dcaircrl position within the range ot' their movement or adjustahility hy Screwinoj up the caps f.

The operation ia aa follows:Yhlotion ia given the endleaa apron C. picker P. and the arhor l). in any proper way. The cone ll is placed on thc plate c. and the t'ur is placed hy the operator on the apron C. This apron as neual conveys the fur to the picker B. which hy a rapid rotation throws the fur outward So that the steani which iasues from the tnhes (l. will convey it lo the cone E, the tuhes heiug so adjuaieil as to give the of steam the proper direction. The fur knit ou the cone by atmospheric pressure induced. hy a suction in the pipo` F, hclow the cone. the suction heinf; caused hy a fan as usual. The tur may he conveyed lo the cone in greater or lesa quantitiesK at dilterent points. so that the hat hotly will Vary in thielinesa hy adjusting' the tubes (I. Hat bodies moet generally gradually increase in thickneae from the crown to the hriln. and in order lo effeet, this result, hy my invention the tuhca o?. are. so adjusted as to he lgradually more inclined from the upper to the lower one, vthereby conveying the fur to the cone in a gradually increasing Yohnne from its upper to ita lower end, (See red linee Fig'. l.) or at any desirahle point the operator wishes to arrest the fur.

I do not claim the endless apron C, picker l, :md miulng perforated eene E, for these have been lung known :md used in lrlmhl'les Fm' formingy hat bodies, but

Having' (11H5 described my llveniiml, what IV de claim ns new :1nd desire t0 Sec-,ure by Letters Patent, iS,

Conveying the ful' from the picker B, 'to the perforated cone E, by means of jets 0f steam issuing from tubes d, arranged wlw tivi-Yy with Hw picker B, um] eene E, sllb- 10 stnnljnlly als 10mn-Well in effect [he desired purpose.

SNT!! BOYDIQN. W t-neSseS JOHN J. Tue,

WM. MlLLlm. 

